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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$5.0Mrevenue
FY2025 · +31% in 3 yrs96staff
7 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin5.8%
Months of reserve0.5mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+21.4%
Middle half of peersMedianBig Ears Festival
Where the money goes FY2025 · $4.7M spent
Programs$4.2M90%Management and general$258k5%Fundraising$238k5%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Nothing to check in the filings
In its favor3
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 21% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
6 of the 7 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsA history of government grants
Government grants on 6 of its 7 returns, 3% of revenue in FY2025. $235k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending27funders
$609ka year, last 3 years
38%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Aslan FoundationEvery year since FY2017$135k$350k$225k$125k$125k$271k$300kHaslam Family Foundation IncOn and off$225k$225k$225kThe Roy Cockrum FoundationNew in FY2023$250kArts and Culture Alliance of Greater KnoxvilleOn and off$10k$25k$25k$25k$69kThe Boyd FoundationNew in FY2023$150kHobson-Wood Foundation IncOn and off$25k$25k$10k$15k$25kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$79k$70k12 other fundersUp to $50k a year each$11k$10k$38k$79k$80k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund